The Defense Centers of Excellence is looking for poems to post on its blog. According to an explanatory post, "It doesn't matter if you are a service member, a loved one or a caring citizen; we want to read and share the poems you've written that express your thoughts and experiences - hardships and joys."

CWID 2011 Industry Day offers insights into event that has resulted in the acquisition of numerous technologies crucial to current operations. Past demonstrations have led to the GCCS and blue force tracking, just to name a few.

AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., has been awarded a $37.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the U.S. Army, which increases funds and exercises options on the Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system performance-based logistics contract.

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Sudbury, Massachusetts, was awarded a $29 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for the surveillance radar program, a foreign military sales program managed by the Electronic Systems Center to provide Taiwan with the elements of a missile and air defense capability.